“Encuentra algo que te enamore.
Algo que te emocione tanto que no puedas esperar para levantarte de la cama en
la mañana. Olvida el dinero. Sé feliz.”
“Find
something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to
get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.”
Christopher Paul Gardner (9 de febrero de 1954 en Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, E.U.A.) es un millonario emprendedor, conferenciante motivacional y
filántropo. Luchó a favor de las personas sin hogar en Estados Unidos mientras
criaba a su hijo Christopher a comienzos de la década de 1980. Reside en Nueva
York y Chicago.
La aventura de Gardner de ser un padre sin casa hasta
llegar a ser multimillonario se ha retratado en la película que se estrenó en
Estados Unidos a finales de 2006, titulada “En busca de la felicidad” (The Pursuit of Happyness), en la que el actor que encarna a Chris es
Will Smith. La película tiene como guion una adaptación del libro de las
memorias de Gardner con el mismo título y que fue publicado en el mismo año.
Chris Gardner Christopher Paul "Chris" Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is
an American entrepreneur, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author,
and philanthropist who, during the early 1980s, struggled with homelessness
while raising his toddler son, Christopher, Jr. Gardner's book of memoirs, The
Pursuit of Happyness, was published in May 2006. As of 2012, he is CEO of his
own stockbrokerage firm, Gardner Rich & Co, based in Chicago, Illinois,
where he resides when he is not living in Toronto. Gardner credits his tenacity
and success to the "spiritual
genetics" handed down to him by his mother, Bettye Jean Triplett, née
Gardner, and to the high expectations placed on him by his children, son Chris
Jr. (born 1981) and daughter Jacintha (born 1985). Gardner's personal struggle
of establishing himself as a stockbroker while managing fatherhood and homelessness
is portrayed in the 2006 motion picture ThePursuit of Happyness,
directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Will Smith.